Cook misses ton but Stokes takes fight to South Africa

LONDON, Jul 28 (REUTERS) Alastair Cook missed out on a 31st test hundred but Ben Stokes continued to take the fight to South Africa with an unbeaten counter-attacking half-century as England forged on to 269-6 at lunch on the second day of the third test at The Oval today.
Cook, who had batted throughout the rain-interrupted opening day to anchor his side's struggle to an overnight 171 for four, added six runs before being trapped lbw for 88 by Morne Morkel.
The dismissal brought together Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, no strangers to putting the Proteas to the sword after their epic stand of 399 in Cape Town last year, and the pair again combined sweetly in a sixth-wicket partnership of 75.

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